Reusing plastic containers for plants/seedlings

LM2020

I'm trying to reuse plastic food containers for plants/seedlings especially as I'm not going to the garden centre at the moment to buy containers. Can the plastic containers used for raw meat be washed well enough to be reused?

kazwookie

Over the years I have used all sorts, wash them well, let them air dry, put some holes in the bottom, compost / soil/ seeds and away you go.

Ted_Head

Yes, I reuse all the plastic containers - I especially like reusing yoguht pots that have the cardboard around them - Yeo - when that's removed they are semi-see through so you can see the roots of cuttings etc. Hopefully!

Davesnave

Any plastic container for meat should be impervious, so removing traces of the product is a simple matter of washing with detergent. Seeds  will be surrounded by millions of bacteria  etc in the growing medium itself, some of them helpful and some not; but it's the conditions for germination and afterwards which mostly determine success.

LM2020

Thank you everyone for your help. Great tip about the yoghurt pots - will save these in future for cuttings.

Candyb101

I've never eaten so many mushrooms and grapes .. just for the containers 😀😀

Davesnave

Candyb101 said:

I've never eaten so many mushrooms and grapes .. just for the containers 😀😀

You can get about 6 marigolds to grow on in a mushroom container and we keep the grape ones for selling tomatoes later in the season.

MovingForwards

I've kept my pot noodle type pots for starting seeds off, couple of holes in the bottom, bit of soil, sit back and wait.